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Below is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not
/ e0 S4 |7 t1 k8 Zexpect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the
1 B/ e! x% n3 k6 Z! _* Y. M$ Qcompanies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of # `/ B, O, l! K6 D" |9 d5 Q
these oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if 1 _; o4 L7 h, {2 w5 W4 l
crude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell,
3 B9 Q1 ^0 Y6 r7 x7 vEXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils ) |/ R, j* @6 k0 [& x8 S

& \3 {* e7 [2 |1 D) ^Recently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few : X0 Y6 T8 M" Q( n' M
months. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan.   r3 e  D8 f* T: f- d7 N' i
A year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at
( |. F+ L8 Q! l2 r0 U' f( e7 Bleast $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount.
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7 N9 {; t9 Z" f7 W5 T5 DThere are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face
: P2 q; I% H0 Y2 l( dof so much news. These reasons are: 2 n0 {4 ~' ]# U( a

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5 G; ^$ x9 K+ o1 L  o1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and % Q/ j6 P0 t# _6 i
in the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than . F; c, s, N! O9 Q# f) X
Arabia. - J6 I8 L5 W$ I* {2 u

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2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
5 v: A0 X/ A3 [1 V# rThis is the largest find in North America. - D8 V% z+ a3 K/ r! y
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3 x. X/ Z; u4 u  T9 E3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is 2 w7 k/ r( L$ r2 v* b
being used to double their output.
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' r8 `: d7 Y, C0 m( o4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio
( T) m# a/ ]# R" m9 d( e4 U3 }- jfuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production
, h7 I% Z, u4 _/ R, K, opotential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are 4 Y& U6 h0 m8 f8 r' B4 _5 a
racing to produce bio fuels.
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5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants : y2 @! c6 k' s! o6 {
are now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork,
5 E: k- t% _  f6 ^( r% _cattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat 5 }9 J: y! V1 S5 S6 z
to bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is . s5 n6 u7 S! }, A
producing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat.
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6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and
8 E3 U3 N% U2 O- A' \) ^9 X; |construction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are
, R: V* e2 Z- Xexpected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce : C/ u) X' n8 d
will replace oil. * N. i  L) j' X7 G
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7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing
+ P) K* v. H- z' Q: [. Yolder equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc.
3 U* z1 R! }4 awith new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies $ P2 `7 ?' Q2 _) H
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new 3 l* p7 Y* [# W" h; ]+ j4 a
equipment. , v2 L( r+ |# \6 R+ [
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  p4 v; Q# t3 y6 T  Q0 SAirlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio-
. J4 `; T0 G6 c$ Jfuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel.
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8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
9 e) s5 `4 S# }( ^4 n4 ?# Tcapture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas
2 b4 U# K) z" |; M4 P: s/ ?available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude
% Q) I. r- d5 Eoil.
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( D- n0 v4 j9 c. N7 r9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2
1 S4 M& N7 ^1 t' f! tproduced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into , X7 t* w6 v: @6 y7 N# ?& R
oil wells.
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; j) F; R% x1 [; @! L10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy
' Q5 E, [: G7 L$ C/ X& w8 Y2 ~source. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US. # w. e8 q, z6 _" M* ^" w1 T

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9 ~3 z4 J, ~  H  F" s% B/ mEach of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the 2 J+ v- j3 ?7 d3 K
price of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world
6 u$ G3 H# [4 }3 Y5 lchanging. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability
3 J0 @6 x: Q9 b) p$ oto control oil prices.
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' }3 k  [6 Q9 U, ~" k+ R* ]With the above scenario, I still believe that there are under
! P3 }$ w8 [( Yperformed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified 1 p1 V( L: C* v# c5 d! f8 y
value .....
# R* P4 i5 o5 o; A/ A& p- d& e, C8 KIAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ...
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The above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN
% E4 ]" Y2 h* ~2 A# @3 O# b- c2009 ... FYI-Only
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